Dungeon Survey Plate 02 · Southern Plains of Karana

Splitpaw
Lair

One dungeon that carries a character from 25 to the low 40s

/who name: paw
Post-revamp: 25–42five difficulty bands
ZEM: 128170% — highest of the set
Respawn: 22:00lowered 28 July
Succor: −122, 63
Adjacent: South Karanaonly exit

Floor plan

Where the walkable floor ends, computed from the zone’s own geometry in the game files, with the 15 named mobs whose positions are on record plotted on it. This zone has 2 levels and they overlap when flattened, so the control above isolates one at a time.

Height

A line marks the edge of the floor — a wall or a drop. Doors, locks and one-way drops are not marked, and a gap is as likely to be a ledge as a doorway. 15 of these 15 positions land on the drawn floor, which is worth stating because the coordinates and the geometry come from different sources and both have to be right for that to happen. This drawing is derived from the game’s mesh and is not a copy of any published map.

01Why you come here

One dungeon from 25 to the low 40s. Nothing else in this series carries a character that far without leaving.
The joint highest experience modifier here. ZEM 128, level with The Hole and The Warrens.
Snare or root is not optional. Gnolls flee, they have a lot of hit points and they cover ground fast. A runner pulls half a room or comes back with a healer.
Almost nothing is solo. Bring a group from the entrance.

02Know where you are

Splitpaw is one long climb north. You enter at the bottom and the deepest named sits at the top. Everything gets harder as Y rises, so your Y is your depth gauge.

What you see	Where you are
Three bloody claws rising from the plains, a dark hole between them	The entrance, centre of South Karana
A pond at the top of a ramp	The underwater passage to the Ishva area is here
Gnolls in cells, and a human among them	The prison — Brother Hayle
A lone gnoll in a cave with nothing else in it	The one eyed gnoll — the cleanest single pull in the zone
A level 25 shaman surrounded by far higher gnolls	The executioner's block — that is Kurrpok, about to be executed
Snakes in water, not attacking you	The widemouth pool. Leave them alone — see §05
Your Y is falling	You are heading back toward the exit
Fleeing gnolls	Everywhere
Assist through walls	Everywhere
Nothing walks alone	From the front door
Nisch anything	Everywhere
Prison cells	Map point 6
Gaduladian widemouths	The water at 900, 100
Rosch Val L'Vlor	Deep, past the Judges
The bridge roamer	Double Doors camp

03Reading a gnoll

Splitpaw shares something with only one other zone in Norrath: the gnolls have a full class hierarchy, and their names announce what they will do to you before you pull them.

Prefix

Tesch

Warrior. Straightforward. Hits hard, no surprises.

Prefix

Lteth

Rogue. Will backstab anything that lets it get behind.

Prefix

Nisch

Cleric / shaman. Heals its friends. Kill first or interrupt — a Nisch in a pull turns a twenty-second fight into a two-minute one.

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Rosch

Caster. Mages, enchanters, necromancers. Pets and area damage.

Power rank runs Mas → Mal → Val, weakest to strongest. So a Tesch Mas Gnoll is an entry-band warrior and a Rosch Val Gnoll is a deep-band mage. The name is the con.

04The three camps

Camp 1 · low-to-mid 30s

Double Doors

Everything from the entrance up to the double doors, plus the rooms directly behind them. The lowest camp and the natural starting point.

Do not pull the roamer on the bridge. That one mob is the difference between a clean camp and a nasty train.

Camp 2 · mid 30s to low 40s

Judges & Executioner

Through the double doors, through the next room, across the bridge, around the U-shaped room, across a second bridge. Near-continuous pulls from the executioner room, the judges and the Vals on the side, plus three named in the area.

Nothing in this zone sees invisibility. Invis and walk straight here.

Camp 3 · 40 and up

The Ishva Area

Past the double doors to the first bridge, drop down, go right. A door on the left, in and up the ramp until a pond appears. Take the underwater passage.

Thirteen mobs inside plus another area within swimming distance. The highest camp in the dungeon.

There is a small safe room at 1150, −180, directly north of Nisch Val Torash Mashk. Stay out of the doorway and it is safe to medate there — the recovery point for the whole upper half of the zone.

Loot every scroll. Scroll drops here turn in for experience in South Qeynos, and the turn-ins stay worth doing into the high 40s. The wiki's author calls this the zone's main benefit, ahead of the gear. Volume 1 doesn't drop inside the zone, but volumes 2–4 do.

05Named roster

Named spawn every cycle. There are no placeholders here. The percentages in the roster below are inherited from classic, where a named shared its spawn point with a placeholder. They are historical and describe nothing about this zone now. The patch note, and what else changed.

Levels are pre-revamp wiki values. Where a named sits in a band the patch notes put at 40–42, expect it higher than listed.

#	Named	Loc (Y, X)	Lvl	Notes
18	Tesch Val Deval`Nmak	1445, 90	39	Room holds 4 mobs; PH and named both on a 20-minute timer. The deepest named.
17	Rosch Val L'Vlor	1304, −21	39	Casts an AE rain. If he's holding the tome he'll be wielding it.AE damage
13	Nisch Val Torash Mashk	1062, −168	39	Complete-heals below 25% — bring interrupts.complete heal
7	Tesch Val Kadvem	405, −154	39	50% spawn chance.
10	The Ishva Mal	719, −450 (area)	40	Spawns roughly every 36 hours on a 28-minute respawn; PH is an Ishva Lteth gnoll. Two named bodyguards at `664, −419` and `664, −453` (L38–39). Nearby gnolls will complete-heal the PH if you fight too close to the hallway.rare spawn
16	Verishe Mal Executioner	1171, 113	34	50% spawn.
15	Verishe Mal Judge	1138, 188	34–39	They surround the Executioner and path through him on the pull — kill them at their spawn points instead.
16	Kurrpok Splitpaw	1184, 113	25	Spawns in the executioner area and is executed quickly — be there if you want him.
8	A one eyed gnoll	602, −12	35	Alone in a cave. Doesn't always drop the eye.
6	A Lteth Val Scribe	374, −26	30	Back of a passage after dropping off the first rock bridge and heading east. 50% spawn.
3	Brother Hayle	382, 329	24	Human cleric held in the prison. No loot. 50% spawn.
4	Brother Gruff	357, 246	16	No loot. 50% spawn.
12	A Rosch Mal Gnoll	800, −98	31	Mage-class gnoll.
11	A gaduladian widemouth	900, 100	30–33	Seven of them in the water around this loc. Non-aggro but social — pull one and you may get the pond.
9	A hiding gnoll	718–800, 212–236	19	In the water cavern. Gives a negative faction hit.
—	A Nisch / Tesch Val Guard	664, −419 · 664, −453	38–39	Personal bodyguards to the Ishva Mal.

06Loot table

Gnoll-language item names make this table harder to read than most. Slot and class list matter more than the name here.

Item	Slot / type	Stats	Classes	Dropped by
Kicsh Der Pavznew	1H Slash 10 / 38 Strong Poison proc	DEX 5	WAR SHD BRD ROG	Tesch Val Deval`Nmak · L39
Thick Amber Potionnew	Expendable · single charge	Greater Healing at level 45	ALL	Tesch Val Deval`Nmak · also common trash
Gnoll Hide Tomenew	Primary / Secondary	INT 10 · WIS 5 · HP 15 SV Poison 10	caster only	Rosch Val L'Vlor · L39
Devlas Ilkvelnew	Secondary	AC 12 · DEX 5 SV Poison 7	WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD DRU BRD SHM	Nisch Val Torash Mashk · L39
Tesch Val Sinischnew	Pierce · ultra rare	—	SHM	Nisch Val Torash Mashk · L39
A Split Paw	Quest item	—	ALL	Nisch Val Torash Mashk · L39
Vacra Av Svimnew	Secondary 8 / 31 · no drop	AGI 6 · HP 5	WAR BRD ROG	Tesch Val Kadvem · L39
Fine Steel Scimitar	1H Slash	—	melee	Tesch Val Kadvem · L39
Robe of the Ishvanew	Chest · focus	AC 8 · CHA 5 · MANA 50 SV Poison 14 Summoning Efficiency II	caster	The Ishva Mal · L40
Brain of the Ishva Mal	Quest item	—	ALL	The Ishva Mal · L40
Scroll: Summon Corpse	Spell scroll	—	NEC	The Ishva Mal · L40
Fine Steel Spear · Split Paw Tooth Necklace Ringmail Boots · White Hellebore	Various	—	varies	Nisch Val Guard · Tesch Val Guard · L38–39
Split Paw Hide Gloves	Hands	AC 4 · DEX 3 · WIS 2	melee-leaning	Verishe Mal Executioner · a one eyed gnoll
Split Paw Hide Belt	Waist	—	melee-leaning	Verishe Mal Judge · L34–39
Split Paw Hide Mask	Face	—	melee-leaning	Kurrpok Splitpaw · L25
Ruby Pendant · Dagger of Dropping Bronze Bastard Sword	Neck · Pierce · 2H Slash	—	varies	Kurrpok Splitpaw · L25
Fine steel weapons	Various	—	melee	Verishe Mal Executioner · Verishe Mal Judge
Gnoll's Eye	Quest · no drop	—	ALL	A one eyed gnoll · L35
Journal of Greater Enchantment	Quest / lore item	—	ALL	A Lteth Val Scribe · L30
Giant Snake Rattle	Quest item	—	ALL	A gaduladian widemouth · L30–33
Scroll volumes 2–4	Turn-in · South Qeynos	Experience, good into the high 40s	ALL	Trash throughout the zone

07Dangers

Snare or root is not optional here. Gnolls flee, they have a lot of hit points, and they cover ground fast — a runner will pull in half a room, or come back with a healer. The wiki is explicit that snaring or rooting is required in this dungeon.

Almost nothing is solo. Starting at the entrance, nearly every gnoll is paired. You need to be able to take on two at once just to walk in the front door.

Walls don't block social aggro. Mobs know you're fighting their friends through solid rock. This bites hardest at the small room past the first bridge: the gnolls there are manageable, but around the corner and through a gate sit two tougher ones who come running. If you hear chains rattling, turn and run.

The prison cells are a trap. Step inside and the door shuts with the lever on the outside. The main prison hall does not do this — that door can be walked through freely.

Beyond that, Splitpaw is a fair zone. Trains here are mini-trains rather than Blackburrow-scale disasters, wandering mobs are rare and usually solitary enough to learn, and the rare spawns sit in their own pockets away from traffic.

08Getting there

Enter Southern Plains of Karana and travel to the centre. Look for three bloody claws sticking up out of the earth — gnoll legend says their god set his foot here and the surface markings are the footprint. Pass between the claws; in what would be the centre of the paw is a small dark hole facing them. It is easy to walk straight over, so slow down.
Circle of North Karana (Druid, group) or North Karana Portal (Wizard, group), then run south.
Evacuate: North Karana arrives one level after the Wizard portal and is a group escape rather than a travel spell.
It is a long walk from Qeynos or Highpass Hold. Binding in Arena helps; binding at the camp inside the zone helps more.
Succor and evacuate drop you at −122, 63, the zone line back to South Karana.